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单词 crœsus
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Crœsusn.

/ˈkriːsəs/
Etymology: < Crœsus, the Latin form of the name of a king of Lydia (Greek Κροῖσος) in the sixth century b.c., who was famous for his riches.
Used allusively in phrases, as Crœsus' wealth, as rich as Crœsus, and hence typically for ‘a very rich person’.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > fabulously rich person
Crœsus1390
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Vanderbilt1883
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Vanderbilter1975
bazillionaire1987
the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > very or fabulously
as rich as Crœsus1577
to be made of money1781
super-rich1901
stinking1945
loaded1948
mega-rich1980
mega-money1989
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis v. 4730 in Compl. Wks. (1901) III. 75 If the tresor of Cresus And al the gold Octovien, Forth with the richesse Yndien Of Perles and of riche stones, Were al togedre myn at ones.
1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 21 As riche as Cresus Affric is.
1577 G. Whetstone Remembraunce Gaskoigne sig. B What auailes..King Cressus welth.
1650 J. Trapp Solomonis Παναρετος (Prov. xxx. 8) I shall not envie the richest Crœsus or Crassus upon earth.
1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 310 There is no doubt but that you imagin'd me to be as rich as Crœsus.
1754 H. Walpole Lett. (1857) II. 389 A contest between two young Crœsus's, Lord Thanet and Sir James Lowther.
1883 M. E. Braddon Golden Calf xii Ida, left alone amidst all the fascinations of the chief shop in a smart county town, and feeling herself a Crœsus.
1924 C. Mackenzie Old Men of Sea xix. 329 We could have sailed in the poor old Able and Willing, and been rich as Creases all our lives.
1931 J. T. Adams Epic of Amer. vii. 185 There he was, rich as Crœsus, and dictating to the government.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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